Carding engines and carding : two papers
Two technical papers on cotton carding machinery by Bolton machine-maker Benjamin Alfred Dobson, printed in 1887 for the Bolton Cotton Mill Managers Technical Association. Plates show Dobson & Barlow revolving flat cards and mixed cards in side elevation and section, with engraved gearing, belt drives, cylinder teeth and flat chains, usable as line-dense machine profiles and gear-wheel details.



